1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Events at the
1954 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
10,000 m track walk men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 200 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 28 and 29 August 1954.[1]

Medalists

Gold Heinz Fütterer
 West Germany
Silver Ardalion Ignatyev
 Soviet Union
Bronze George Ellis
 United Kingdom

Results

Final

29 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Heinz Fütterer  West Germany 20.9 CR AR
2nd Ardalion Ignatyev  Soviet Union 21.1 NR
3rd George Ellis  United Kingdom 21.2 NR
4 Brian Shenton  United Kingdom 21.3
5 Jan Carlsson  Sweden 21.5
6 Václav Janeček  Czechoslovakia 21.9

Semi-finals

28 August

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 George Ellis  United Kingdom 21.3 Q
2 Ardalion Ignatyev  Soviet Union 21.3 Q
3 Václav Janeček  Czechoslovakia 21.4 Q
4 Aad van Hardeveld  Netherlands 21.4
5 Hans Wehrli   Switzerland 21.6
6 Ilarie Magdas  Romania 21.8

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Heinz Fütterer  West Germany 21.1 CR Q
2 Jan Carlsson  Sweden 21.4 Q
3 Brian Shenton  United Kingdom 21.4 Q
4 Ásmundur Bjarnason  Iceland 21.6
5 Yuriy Konovalov  Soviet Union 21.7
6 Theo Saat  Netherlands 22.1

Heats

28 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 George Ellis  United Kingdom 21.3 Q
2 Jan Carlsson  Sweden 21.3 NR Q
3 Zdobysław Stawczyk  Poland 21.5
4 Gert Lemmes  Saar 22.0
5 Todori Yordanidis  Turkey 22.5

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ardalion Ignatyev  Soviet Union 21.5 Q
2 Ilarie Magdas  Romania 21.9 Q
3 Kaj Månsson  Sweden 21.9
4 Angel Gavrilov  Bulgaria 22.3
5 Kurt Heidrich  Saar 22.5
6 Leonhard Pohl  West Germany DQ

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Heinz Fütterer  West Germany 21.4 Q
2 Aad van Hardeveld  Netherlands 21.6 Q
3 Carlos Germonprez  Belgium 22.0
4 Josef Wimmer  Austria 22.1

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Brian Shenton  United Kingdom 21.6 Q
2 Yuriy Konovalov  Soviet Union 21.8 Q
3 Angel Kolev  Bulgaria 21.9
4 Nikolaos Georgopoulos  Greece 22.2
5 Daniel Meneux  France 22.3
6 Muzaffer Selvi  Turkey 22.5

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ásmundur Bjarnason  Iceland 21.7 Q
2 Václav Janeček  Czechoslovakia 21.7 Q
3 József Senkei  Hungary 22.0
4 Jacques Vercruysse  Belgium 22.0
5 Pierre Coelembier  France 22.1
6 Willy Eichenberger   Switzerland 22.4

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Theo Saat  Netherlands 21.8 Q
2 Hans Wehrli   Switzerland 21.9 Q
3 Alexandru Stoenescu  Romania 22.4

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References

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